ACTA METALLURGICA SLOVACA 2020, VOL. 26, NO. 4, 141-143 LETTER TO EDITOR CURRENT TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN THE GLOBAL AVIATION INDUS- TRY Hironobu Kondo1, Martin Hegedűš1* 1 All Nippon Airways CO., LTD., Objekt 680/Office Park 1, Wien - Flughafen, Wien, 1300 Austria *Corresponding author:
[email protected], All Nippon Airways CO., LTD., Objekt 680/Office Park 1, Wien - Flughafen, Wien, 1300 Austria Received: 20.11.2020 Accepted: 25.11.2020 ABSTRACT This paper is based on Slovak Space Tech Day 2 & Slovak Aviation Industry Day keynote speech from Hironobu Kondo and Martin Hegedűš. It shortly described All Nippon Airways (ANA) as a company and the trends and issues of the aviation industry from ANA perspective, furthermore future projects and prospects. It gave insights into the efforts of ANA to battle the carbon footprint of the company, social aspects of the globalized world, and cooperation of multiple elements to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all of us, nonetheless measures taken to fight against the spreading of the Covid-19. Information was obtained from official All Nippon Airways sources, statistics, and press releases. To conclude paper described the reason and significance of aviation and the need to adjust according to the new standards. Keywords: innovation; aviation; aerospace; travel; drone ANA ORIGIN Social Responsibility - We are committed to contributing to a better, more sustainable society with honesty and integrity. Following the "Inspiration of Japan" high quality of service, Pilots, technicians, administrative or ground staff, we all work ANA has been awarded the respected 5-Star rating every year as one team, we coordinate and use our resources in the most since 2013 from SKYTRAX.